Crafting Projects with Fallen Leaves

We’ve been having some fun with all the fallen leaves around. I’ve been keeping my eye out on walks to the park and the library for some really cool looking leaves. There’s a giant maple tree on the way to the library near us that is shedding some beautiful red and yellow leaves. After collecting, I’m drying and pressing them in old magazines to help preserve them for a few fun projects we’ve been making.

Leaf Feather Turkeys over at Babycenter are a perfect activity for little ones on Thanksgiving. Just prep your leaves ahead of time and you’ll have a fun activity to do while the turkey is in the oven.

Tagged as: fall craft, painting, thanksgiving craft

Marie LeBaron is the founder and managing editor of Make and Takes. Always having a love of crafts, she enjoys getting messy with glue and glitter. There’s always some sort of project going on, her kitchen counter is often cluttered with crafts. When she’s not crafting and creating with her kids, she loves to run, read, and blog! Read other posts by Marie

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Kids Craft Idea - Making Waxed Paper Leaves

Kids craft ideas are available that cater to the creativity needs and requirements of kids and one can easily make them with supplies that are easily available at home.

Waxed paper leaves:
With this simple kids craft idea, you can prepare colorful autumn leaves and enjoy them all year round. It is important to follow the instructions carefully while implementing the kids craft idea and take adult supervision when using hot iron for heating. One can also get creative and using crayon shaving in between the wax paper and leaves in order to get an extra splash of color.

Material needed include:
Autumn leaves of various sizes and shapes that is easily available in the outdoors. Old newspapers are always available and they are always handy when sticking or using colors. A pair of scissors, waxed paper cut into eight inches squares with iron board or covered tabletop. Crayons with bright colors like red, orange, yellow and green with pencil sharpener, iron, paper punch and yam or string.

Instructions:
Collect autumn leaves from the garden. They may be damp, lay them straight on a newspaper and let them dry overnight. Cover the iron board with several layers of newspaper in order to protect it. You can get an adult to set the iron to medium heat. Use the scissors in order to cut the wax paper into 8 inch squares. You will need two hangings and make colorful crayon shavings on paper plate. Arrange the sheet of waxed paper on the newspapers and arrange several leaves in pattern on the waxed paper.

Sprinkle a thin layer of crayon shavings across the leaves, and then cover with a second sheet of waxed paper. Cover the waxed paper on top of the newspapers and place iron on top. Use adult supervision to hold the iron on the craft for thirty seconds until the crayon wax has melted and the waxed paper sheets stick together. Let it cool completely and use a paper punch in order to make a hole in the top center of the square. Loop a string through the hole and tie a knot. Hand this in sunny window. Several leaves can be used for the kids doing the craft at home.

One can also get creative while making the kids craft idea by cutting the wax paper in the shape of the leave to form colorful collection of leaves that can be stored all year round. Several leaves can also be stringed together and draped across a window.

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